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Bessie Shires 1886 - 1970

Bessie Shires of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska was born on March 18, 1886, and died at age 84 years old in September 1970.

Bessie Shires

Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska 68508

March 18, 1886

September 1970

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Bessie Shires lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.

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In 1886, in the year that Bessie Shires was born, on January 5th, Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson's book the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was published. Immediately popular, the paperback book was sold for $1 in the U.S. - almost $25 today. Stevenson's stepson said that he wrote the first draft in under 3 days.

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In 1892, by the time she was only 6 years old, on October 12th, the "Pledge of Allegiance" was first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. Composed the previous August by Francis Bellamy, it was to be recited in 15 seconds and originally read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "Under God" was added in the 1950's.

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